Grape Wall Challenge: Top ten white wines in China under RMB100

On March 13, a dozen expert and consumer judges met in Beijing for the Grape Wall Challenge and tasted 21 white wines that retail for less than RMB100 in China (see gallery). It was a close finish for best white wine among the experts, who rated each one out of 20 points, while a clear winner emerged among the consumers, who had four choices: “love it“, “like it“, “dislike it” or “hate it“. Overall, Zonin Terre Palladiane Soave, distributed by Torres China, took top honors.

The wines were from Chile (8), France (4), Italy (4), Australia (3), Argentina (1) and Spain (1). Here are “top tens” of the expert panel, the consumer panel, and the combined panel. (Lists of the top ten red wines will be up by 3 PM.)